Faculty Bio

• 2018 : Ph.D. in Education (Sanskrit)
             Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 2014 : Master of Education (M.Ed./Siksha Acharya)
  Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 2012 : Master of Arts in Sanskrit (Acharya)
  Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 2010 : Bachelor of Education (B.Ed./Siksha Sastri)
  Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, India
• 2009 : Bachelor of Arts (Sastri)
  Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 2009 : Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA)
             Integrated Computer Technology, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 2009 : Diploma in Archakatva- Pourohitya
             Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.

• 2022 :  Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Spiritual and Cultural Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
• 2017 – 2022 : Senior Research Fellow and Project Coordinator, Samskrit Promotion Foundation.
• 2014- 2015 : Trained Graduate Teacher, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
• 2012- 2013 : Sanskrit Teacher, Sri Ramakrishna Adarsa Sanskrit Pathasala.

• 2022 : Mentor at IKS, Ministry of Education (MoE) at AICTE, New Delhi.
• 2019 : Trustee, Vaagvidya Foundation

Awards

• 2012 : University Gold medal.

Research Talks Delivered

• Adopting ITC into Classroom Teaching, Central Sanskrit University, Guruvayoor Campus, Thrissur, Kerala.
• ‘Traditional Indian Learning Systems and Evaluation Techniques’, Centre for Vedanta Studies, University of Kerala.

Invited Talks

• ‘Sanskrit Knowledge Recourses in India’, (Student Induction Program) , Sree Krishna College, Guruvayoor, Kerala
• ‘An Introduction to the Digital Platforms and Tools for Sanskrit Studies and Research’, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Regional Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
• ‘Digital World for Sanskrit Research’, (Endowment Lecture), KSMDB College, Sasthamcotta, Kerala.

• Harikrishnan V P, “keralarājye saṃskṛtaśikṣāyāṃ malayālabhāṣāyāḥ prabhāvaḥ”,Dept. of Research and Publications, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, India.
• Harikrishnan V P, A Brief Study on Kalidasa’s Selected Works’, Govt. Sanskrit College Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
• Harikrishnan V P, “Paniniyam &Linguistics”, Govt. Sanskrit College Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

• Harikrishnan V P, “Online Text Editing” 2022, National Sanskrit University,Tirupati, India (Five Days National Workshop).
• Harikrishnan V P, “Digitized Sanskrit Corpus” 2019, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha,Tirupati, India (Five Days National Workshop).

• Harikrishnan V P, “saṃskṛta-e-sattā”, 2021 Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, India.
• Harikrishnan V P, “Availability of E-Resources for Sanskrit Education and Research Excellence” 2021, Karnataka Sanskrit University, Bangalore, India.
• Harikrishnan V P, Certificate Program for Professional Development of Primary Teachers (CPPDPT), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
• Harikrishnan V P, In-service Course for secondary school Sanskrit Teachers, district level, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

• Harikrishnan V P, vārtāsaṃskṛtam (daily Sanskrit News bulletin), Janam TV.
• Harikrishnan V P, vedāṅgāni (speech in Sanskrit), All India Radio November 2016.
• Harikrishnan V P, cറuśśeriyuṭ kṛṣṇagātha, (30 episodes), Janam TV.

Orientation Program Attended

• “Faculty Development Program on Excellence in Creative Teaching and Research” IQAC, Karnataka Samskrit University and KSCBMBS, Bangalore, India.

Conferences Attended

• ‘Bharatiya Bhasha Summit, at DAIC, New Delhi, organized by CIIL under Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.

• New Research Frontiers, Karnataka Samskrit University and Samskrita Bharati, Bengaluru, India.
• Preparing Sanskrit texts suitable for computational research/ training program on computational aspects of ashtadhyayi, Chinmaya international ShodhaSansthan, Eranakulam, kerala.
• Digitization of Sanskrit Texts, SamskritaBharati, Aksharam, Bangalore, India.
• साहित्यसृष्टिविषये चिन्तनगोष्ठी at Samskrita Bharati, Aksharam, Bangalore.
• अनुवाददीपकम्, at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, Piravom, Kerala.

• e-bharatisampat – Sanskrit digital library website
• Learn Samskrit through correspondence program

 Publication section

• Harikrishnan V P, śrīmadbhagavadgītā ‘Vedic Cosmos from the house of Nightingale’. (vediccosmos.com)